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WESTERN DEMOCRAT.
CHARLOTTE j
Tormbj Bintagfr Feb'y 12, 1856.
rBOUBLBS IN KANSAS.
A nra . a unda out that Ac hma statr
ad pt : ' r men of Kansas Tcrritory
.... been engaged in fight at Easton.
Jt u mid Hmi two of the border ruffians
were killed, ud that two alMditioiiists were
nn ri.v wounded, in an affray which coin
meoeed fcj thr Missourians making an at
ta k apoa tbfl ballot b.es. The story
?. .! LUltfil ltioa. ns it has already been
stated that it was i aafjrtratirid We fcid
Um foUotrteg i. the Kickapoa Pioneer extra,
IlMIIJ :
'ForoenrMiCf ha? now, iadciCid, rented to
be a irt -. then-fore we eall on every
pr -slavt ry Ma in the laad to rally to the
re-em-. Kaaaafl noN b iaime diafery res
cued from thorfi tvranical d'g.
''1 he Km kr.2 Bugen ar- at this mo-
V.niti 1 i-ntmg to sirins : A large nnmix ; 01
o-elavery nn will leave this place foi
Eutoi in twenty minutes. The war h
acaia coaMeencedi and tin- holitiftTriahl have
agaia f naiaif liffil it. Pro-slavery men
law :-nd order nu n strike f..r your firesides
strike for your right- avenge the blood
of your brethren whq have been cowardly
nnelkld. bat who jhave bruvely fuik-u in de-
Rmmc of Southern institutions. Sound the
bugle of war nycr the length and breadth
f the hmi, and leave not an nbolitionbt in
the territory to r late th.-ir treacherous and
eoolaauaating d d.- strike your piercing
rifle hafla and your glittering steel to tluir
black and i-. uoaa hearts. Let the war
cry never cease in Kansas again tmtil our
terriitory I rid of the last vestige of aboli
tion jam."
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KANSAS.
Advie.v from Kansas state that great
fears were felt of another invasion from
Missouri. At the towa oJ Lawrence eiten
rive military preparations were being made
i.v the free -seili-rs to repel it
Tie organized hirelings cnt by the Abo
litionds. Jo that country are eonstaiitly
setku;C to excite strife nuA bloodshed.
These emigrant, brought up bj the Xorth-
secietiea, r..ln il from sowcrn of the great
,ii - many of tluin, no doubt, highway
1 .1.1 and penitentiary birds of every kind
L'ing regarded aa more valuable for sueh
11 purposo than private citizens, are begin
ning in the new Territory that career of
crhpc which made them sujeh daagerons ci
tiaeaf in the Nor$hera Stated and rendered
I be whole community as anxious to get rid
of them as were the Abolitionists to employ
thcag rpr their acfarionq purposes. These
scrapings of tha rpeat purlieus of rice in
the !orti:ein nMauifactnring towns, are the
chc champions of "freed m" in Kansas,
and are revelling in deeds of incendiarism
Mid csaaseinatioB. We tm.-t thai the 'dor
dor rjfiins wiU son deliver Kansas from
the gii.f robbers, h jusebuiyiers, and mar
auders Ln general, ;vi'.b wbom it is now in
fested, and wbve idea of liberty" seems
to In' L.. Gbcrty to violate with impunity
a'd laws humane and divine.' - Richmond
FROM KANSAS.
The "Squatter Sovereign," pabUahed at
Atehis,n, Kan.-as. says:
'to neral Atehison, with two hnadisd of
bis nei-:hbors, have made their arrangements
to remove to this Territorv early in the
Spriag." He will Im ate in the neighborhood
of Atehison, where himself and friends will
meet with a eosdial welcome from the
sqaattejrs in this section of the Territory.
It is the intention of Genera Atchison to
eagaga in farming, and lor that purpose be
Aill bring with him a aamber of slaves.
Many pf his Companions, who will aceom
j'niiy him, are capitalists and lare slave
hohleraj ami their settlement in this section
of Um t. rritory is a consummation devoutly
to be wished for.
Thfl time, says the 'Sovereign' has ar
rived when it needs no argument to prove
that slave labor is profitable in Kansas; no
where in the United States is it more so.
Slaves will now yield a greater profit in
KaaaaSi either io hire out, or cultivate the
soil, than any Other place; and it will con
tinue to be so, if saved from abolition rule.
Those who have brought their slaves here,
Bf KSapjng a rich reward f.r the few pri
atioiis incident to a new country, end feel
as secure in their property heri as in Ken
tucky or Missouri, and even more so, for
the means and mode of escape are more
difficult from Kaasar. Good negro men
will hire out readily 11 1 from twenty to forty
doDara per mouth; women, from ten to
tvt.niy. iud girls and boys in proportion;
and yet the cultivation of our soil will yield
B v n :i greater profit than that. We have
a good market at home for every tldng we
can raise, and it will continue so for all tiim
to come. We receive by every mail, both
from our private correspondents and in the
Southern papers, the most cheering as
surances that by uet summer we will have
such an emigration here as will warrant us
in taking upon ourselves the burthen of a
State Ciovernment, and making our Terri
tory a slave State.
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Another Indian Outrage iu Fla.
MASSACRE Or FIVE MEN.
A wood party, coiisitinjj of n corporal
ana BTS privates, with two wngons and
twelve mules, were fired upon by some fif
teen Indians, about four miles from Fort
Deynaud, on the morning of the 18th inst.
As far us known, only one man. Private
Petcrruan, of Company C., escaped; he
made his way to Fort Deynaud, and report
ed the attack. Peterman received a slight
wound in the calf of his leg.
Lieut. Larued. wbo, with a companv of
men, went in pursuit of the Indians, returned
and reported that he found the two wagons
loaded with cypress poles, and twelve mules
dead. All the mules were shot behind the
ears, indicating that they were deliberately
killed, and not by a general random shot.
.rhe wngon and harness were uninsured.
Sfo sins of the missing men, neither bloo
or dead bodies, or even any track of them,
were discovered.
The unfortunate party were armed, but
owing to the fact that no Indian signs had 1
been discovered in that region since the de-
monstration of the 2th. thev felt unite so- .
euro believing that the indians had gone
further south and, consequently, the at- j
tack was quite unexpected. The attack ;
was led by Okchan. sub-chief, who is esas- 1
pcrated at the destruction of his village b
the troops, which occurred c. shcrt ti::;
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COIGRE.
THE ELECTION OF SPEAKF"
SATL'HIA , February '.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
Mr. Smith of Tennessee, stated that he
had heretofore voted against the plurality
rule; but the vote of yesterday indicating
that there was at least the chance of the ire eminently due, and are hereby tendered,
election of a man of sound national prinpi- i to .John W. Forney, Esj., for the distin
plos under its qeration, he therefore, of- j mushed ability, fidelity, and impartiality
Kred the following resolution, and called for . w i 1 1 1 which he itz presided over the dclib
the previous question : I erations of the House of Kepresent itives
Kesolved, That the Hotise will proceed ; during the arduous and protracted contest
immediately to the election if a Speaker j for Speaker which has just closed.
vira voce; and if, after the roll shall have
b'-en called three times uo member shall ;
have received a majority of the whole num
ber of votes, the roll shall again be palled,
and the member who shall then receive the
largest number of vote.-, provided it be a
majority of a quorum, shall be duly declared
Speaker of the House of Representatives of
the !tli Cogress.
Mr. (ioode of Virginia, moved to lay the
resolution on the table ; which motion was
not agreed to yeas 104, nays 114.
Mr. Orr of South Crrolina, said that his
name had been put in bo initial ion some two
weeks ago oy the Lrcmocraiic party i r tue i
Speakership, and though verj many ''allots J
bad taken place since that time, and although
the members of that party supposed that by
chanirine their nominee they mijrhl increase
and
strengthen
them, v
t tl
ie n
suit
had
shown that they were mistaken ,n the con
clusion to which they arrived. The com
plimentary vote given yesterday to his
colleague fMr. Aiken rendered it very
evident to his mind that
that gentleman
would be able to concentrate a
greater
strength than himself, and as he desired to
see the House organized upon national prin
ciples and in opposition to sectionalism, ho
took occasion, afjer returning his thanks to
his party friends for their fidelity and con
fidence in nominating and sustaining him,
to withdraw unconditionally his name from
the contest.
Mr. Boyce of South Carolina, moved to
rescind the resolution just adopted.
Mr. Smith of Tennessee, moved to lay
that motion on the table: which was agreed
to yeas 117, nays 101.
.Mr. Jones of Tennessee, moved an ad
journment of the House, in order to give
members an opportunity to confer, that they
might cast their votes understandingly in
the great crisis which they were now ap
proaching. The motion rs not agreed to
yeas 81. nays 133.
Mr. Walker, of Alabama, moved to rescind
the plurality resolution.
Mr. Clingman raised the point that the
motion was not in order, it having been de
cided once already during the day.
Mr. Fuller, of Pennsylvania, desire d to
repeat what he had said upon two former
occasions, that he was not, and did not de
sire to be a candidate. Applause. due
hundred and thirty ballots would have satis
fied him that he was not the choice of a
majority of the body, and upon no other
terms, upon no other conditions, would he
consent to take that position. He again
returned his acknowledgements to the gen
flemen who bad honored him with their
support, and he requested them to cast their
suffrages for a better and abler man.
Mr. Aiken said that he was not a candi
date for the office of speakership. If bis
friends saw fit to elect him to that position
he would serve them to the best of his ability.
Great applause.
Mr. A. K. Marshall, of Kentucky, said
that he and those with whom he acted had
discharged their duty to their party, and it
now remained for them to discharge it to
their country. He voted for Mr. Aiken.
The House then proceeded to the one
hundred and thirty-third vote for Speaker,
and the last vote under the plurality rule,
with the following result:
For Mr. Hauls. Messrs. Albright, Alii
son. Ball, Harbour, Henry Bennett, Benson,
Uillinghurst. Bingham, Bishop, Bliss, Brad
shaw, Brenton, Baffington, Barlingame,
James H. Campbell, Lewis I). Campbell.
Chaffee, Y.zrn. Clark, Clawson, Colifax,
Comins, Covode, Cragin, Cnmback, Damrell,
Timothy Davis, Day. Dean. De Witt. Dick,
Dickson. Dodd. Durfee. Kdie. Flagler, Gal
loway. Gtddhags, Gilbert, Granger. Gro.v,
Robert 1. Hall. Harlan. HoHoway, Thomas
li. Horton. Howard, Kelsey, King. Knapp,
Knight. Knowlton, Knox, Kunkel, Letter,
Mace. Matteson, MeCarty, Meacham, Kil
lian Miller. Morgan. Morrill, Mott, Murray,
Nichols. Norton. Andrew Oliver, Parker,
Pearce. Petton, Pennington, Perry. Pcttit.
Pike. Cringle. Purviance. Ritchie, Bobbins,
Roberts, Robison, Rabin, Sage, Sapp, Sber
niu, Simmons, Spinner, Stanton, Stranahaa,
Tappan, Thorington, Thurston, Todd. Traf
ton, Tyson, Wade. Walbridg.-, Waldrou,
Cadwalader C. Wasltburae, EUihu B. VVash
bume, Israel Wnahbnrne, Watson, Welch,
Wood. woodrtnT, and Woodworth 1 03.
For Mr. Aiken. Mooters. Allen. Barka
dale. Bed. Rendley S. Bennett, Bocock,
Bowie, Boyce, Branoh, Brooks, Burnett,
Cadwalader, John P. Campbell, Carlile,
Caruthers. Caakie, CKngaaaa, Howell Cobb,
Williamson R. W. Cobb. (ex. Crawford,
Davidson, Denver, DowdeU, Edmundaon,
Elliott, English. Ethe ridge, Eustis. Evans,
Faulkner, Florence. Foster, Thomas J. D.
Fuller, Goode. Greenwood. Augustus Hall,
J. Morrison Harris, Sampson W. Harris.
Thomas L. Harris, Herbert, Huffman.
Houston, Jewett, Geo. W. Jones. J. Glancy
Jones, Keitt, Kelly, Kennett, Kid -veil. Lake,
Letcher, Lindley Lumpkin, Alexander K.
Marshall, Humphrey Marshall, Samuel ?.
Marshall, Maxwell. McMullen, McQueen,
Smith Miller, Millson. Mordccai, OUAer
Orr, Paine, Peck, Phelps, Porter, Powell,
Purver,
r, Quitman, lb ade, Ready, Uieaud,
Bivera. Boffin, East, Sandidgc, Savage,
Shorter. Samuel A. Smith, Win. Smith, Wat,
K. Smitl
Talbott,
Smith, Sneed. Stephens, Stewart, Swopc, ,
rrippe, Underwood, Vadl, Walker, !
to arncr, Watkms, eUs, heeler, " '
li;:ms. Winslow. Daniel li. W right, John V
Wright, and ZoHicorb r 100.
For Mr. Fuller Xfeasrs. Broom Clark,
of New York, Cullen, Daviy, t Maryland,
Milhvaid, and W Itjti.ev b
For Mr. Cttmpb U '.- Messrs. l)unn, Har
rison, Moore, and Scott I,
For Mr. Well- Mr. Hickman.
, of Maine, one of the teller?
On motion of Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, the
House, at 7 o'clock, adjonrncd.
FEB- 4. After the reading of the journal
of the proce edings of Saturday, the ceremo
i ny of swearing in the members by States
was performed by the Speaker, and the j
clerk calling-the namoof the Hon. Mr. Whit
field, Mr. firow gave notice that he should
not object to the administration of the usual
oath to that gentleman, but would take oc
casion at the proper time, to show that he
(Mr. Whitfield,) had no right to a sent in
the ball as a Delegate from Kansas.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, made some re
marks to the same end.
Mr. Whitfield was then duly sworn in.
The Speaker, (X. P. Banks,) administer
ed the regular oaths to the members and
delegates, and a committee was appointed,
in conjunction with one from the Senate, to
inform the President that the two Houses
were ready to receive any communication
he pleased to make to them.
A resolution was proposed, and carried
by Pi to 87, that Wm. Cullom, Know-Nothing,
of Tennessee, be elected Clerk.
Alter the vote, he was elected and the
Speaker announced in due form Cullom ns
elected, and administered the usual form of
oath to him.
Seats were drawn for resolutions to be
introduced declaring Mr. Glossbrenner as
Sergeant-ot-Arins, pending which the I louse
adjourned.
Feb.
In the Senate Mr. Clavton
in
troduced a resolution appropriating money
to purchase '200 cords of wood to the suffer
ing poor of Washington from the contingent 1
fund. The resolution was laid on the tabic j
by 7 majority.
Mr. Foot delivered a speech on Central J
American affairs. He proposed a direct
declaration to England of our purpose to i
enforce our construction of the Clayton 15ul- ;
wer treaty, in regard to her exercising a !
protectorate on the Mosquito coasts.
If I
this war
unavailing and neirotiotions were
exhausted, he advocated giving her a formal
notice that she must withdraw from her
Central American possessions by a given
day, and if she still held out he would have
her removed by force of arms.
Many bills were introduced, among which
was one for the extension of the term for
nutralization.
Mr. Wilson obtained the floor and the
Senate adjourned.
In the House to-day Mr. Glossbrenner,
the Present Democratic incumbent, was
re-elected Sergeant at Arms by 103 to US.
A resolution was adopted by 11!) to 9.1,
declaring Nathan C. Darling, of New York,
door keeper.
Mr. Bobert Morris, grandson of the pa
triot financier of the revolution, was ap
pointed post-master of the House.
Pending a motion to elect 0. Follett, of
Ohio, printer, the House adjourned.
Feb. 0. The proceedings to-day were
not worthy of record.
FKBRUARY 7. In the Senate, the Com
mittee on Finance were instructed to report
the General Appropriation Bill. Mr. Cass
to-day submitted a resolution directing the
Committee on Naval Affairs to consider the
expediency of an increase of tlie Navy. In
the House, the election of Printer was post-
poneu. l ne sspeafeer was authorized to
appoint the Committees. Mr. G: -w, of Pa.,
gave notice of his intention to introduce a
bill, to secure homesteads to actual settlers.
Mr. Millson. of Ya., gave notice of a bill,
to repeal the act authorising the establish
ment of a Naval Retiring Board. The
Speaker was authorized to appoint standing
committees. Both Houses adjourned until
Monday.
a t- r r"-
CONGRESSIONAL RESTRICTIONS.
The Supreme Court of the United States
has in three different instances decided that
the Ordinance of Jii) was superseded by
the Constitution. Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, Jackson, Polk, Taylor, Calhoun. Clay
ton, ami in fact nearly all our leading
statesmen, were of the same opinion. Mr.
Clay, in his speech of n20. against the
ran i .
Missouri restriction, said:
"Under the Constitution, no restriction
can be placed upon a new State, asking for
admis.-ion into the Union, that was not
placed upon the old thirteen States. Everv
State admitted into the Union, must stand,
in all things, upon an equality with the old
States. Congress cannot place upon any
new State, or upon any Territory that mav
nereaner anpiy tor admission as a Stat
anv
restriction that will attach to the State or !
her people, after it is admitted into the 1
union; for, when admitted, each State and J
her people must have all the pre-existhi"- !
htate. Each State, and the Mr.nta iKamnf
have the right to determine for themselves
whether slavery shall or shall not exist
within her bord'ers. Such a restriction as
this, is an act of gross injustice to the
people who, in after years, may inhabit the
Territory north of the proposed line; is an
uci BUBHinonxeo tjj the Constitution of the
United Bsaiee." Bridgeport Farmer.
I Mr- BT:n' TneT ? TTptab&hed between ports of the S,mth,m j of Fvtl,ral Union, or to enable
announce unuw ' i States and Foreign ports. 1 . vmdicate and maintain their right
, Massachusetts was duly ei.e ed .pealyr. j CoL AValtlr Gwinn, of North Carolina, j institutio!ls, in anv eveilt, matters are
; ( n motion of Mr. Stanton, of duo, thefol- offereJ Um3 following preamble and resolu- I iucnt nnd 0 -zaho which relate to
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uxuig v i 1 tion, on wnicn the previous que.-uon uas i
liesolved. that the thants ot tins House .
t.rtTTmt?TOw a wn RnrrTH-waaxtiiu'
j COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
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Fonrtl. (and lasl) Day.
Satuhdav, Febri arv 4.
President Tilgbman called the Convention 1
to order at half past 11 o'clock
The fun0,ving resolution, after a lengthy
discnssioo, was adopted
I Resolved, That the Senators and Represen- ,
! tatives in Congress from the Southern and j
South-Western States be requested to vote j
I for no law granting appropriations in aid of j
ocean Maii linos terminating at any Nor- :
; then
port, without tlie insertion of a clause ;
I binding the Government to extend l;ke aid
1 to a line or lines that may hereafter be es- j
to prev
moved and sustained, and the vote being
taken on the main question, it was carried
unanimously.
Whereas, under the existing tariff laws
of the United States, a duty of 30 per cent,
is levied on the article of Kail lioad Iron,
imported iuto this country from abroad ;
and. whereas it has been, for some time
pa-t. the settled practice of the Govern
ment, to adjust the duties on imports to the
revenue standard and it being now appar
ent, from the annual report of the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, that a large surplus,
derived fiow duties on foreign commerce,
has accumulated in the Treasury, beyond
the wants and expenses of the government;
and whereas, the successful and economi
cal prosecution of the rail road system in
the United States, seriously embarrassed
by the present heavy, and now unnecessary
taxation on rail road iron imported from
foreign countries, whence alone adequate
supplies are obtiUnedi on cheaper terms even
with freight added, than the domestic arti
cles can be furnished Therefore,
"Resolved, That it is the decided opinion
of this Convention that the said duties on
rail road iron ought to be repealed or greatly
reduced."
Gen. Green of Texas, offered the follow
ing preamble and resolutions, which were
read, put to vote and adopt )d :
Whereas, The construction of a railway
from the valley of the Mississippi river to
our Pacific coast, will promote the develop
ment of agriculture, the mines, and com
merce, the defence of that coast in time of
war and its preservation to the Union in
time of peace Therefore,
Resolved, That considerations of com-
j parative grade, climate and economy of
' constructing, maintaining and working the
' proposed rail road, is indicated by tlie "jTsx
i us Western Rail Road Charter," upon the
; line of o'2 deg. north latitude, crossing the
I entire State of Texas, and intersecting the
! Bio Brande at or near El Passp, thence by
! the route lately surveyed by Col. A. B. Gray,
i south of the river Gila, to the State of Cali-
fornia, where said river unites with the
Colorado of the West.
Resolved, That as said road is now un
der active construction, it is hereby recom
mended that the Legislature and citizens of
U!t " l"u ooui..- cu uu
the Southern and South-Wcstorn States aid
by all necessary means the speedy building
of said road, and to unite with this main
trunk, branches intersecting the Mississippi
at Xew Orleans, Yicksburg. Memphis. Cairo
and St. Louis.
Mr. Myer Myers, of Norfolk, offered the
following rssolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of six be ap
pointed to memorialize the Legislatures of
Southern and South-Western States to un
ite with the State of Virginia in the forma
tion of a line or lines of Atlantic steamers
to ply between Hampton Boads and other
ports of the South and Europe and that
said committee are authorized to adopt such I
other measures in furtherance of tlie object '
as they may find expedient and proper.
The President appointed the following
gentlemen as the committee called flu- bv '
Mr. Myers' resolution : Messrs. Myer My- i
ers. John E. Doyle and Geo. Blow, of Nor- j
forlk, II. C. Cabell, Wyndham Boberston, '
Jas. B. Ferguson, Jr.. of Richmond.
Mr. Richard G. Morris, of Richmond, of- i
I
fered the following resolutions, which were
adopted :
Resolved, That it is expedient for South
era Legislatures to release from the license
tax all direct importation from foreign coun- '
tries, and adopt such other measures as j
will protect and advance Southern com
merce.
Resolved, That it is expedient that South
ern manufactures should in all cases be used
when they can be procured on as advanta
geous terms as northern manufactures.
Resolved, That Southern men ought to
patronise Southern literary institutions, and
use books published in the South when they
can be procured.
Resolved, That in excursions for health
or pleasure, preference should be given to
watering places and other localities on
Southern soil.
Mr. P. Y. Daniel, Jr., of Bichmond. sub
mitted the following resolution, which was
adopted :
Resolved, That a committee of nine be
apppointed by the votes of the Convention,
to whom shall be referred such resolutions
as shall be adopted as the sense of this Con-
i vention, and who shall prepare and publish
in the public journals and in pamphlet form
an Address to the nootde of the Souther,,
States. devrlor.M.rr f.woSinfftl,n
of this Convention on the subject of these
resolutions. j
The Convention appointed the following I
committee out', e above resolution: Mcssr.-t
J. 15. DeBowe, of Louisiana, Robert Oukb
of District of Columbia. James Lyons, of i
Richmond, li. K. Meade, of Petersburg,
Joseph R. Anderson, of Richmond, J. H.
Gibbon, of North Carolina, Myer Myers, of j
Norfolk, Tench Tilghmanvof Marvland, and '
T. B. Deane, Jr., of Lynchburg
Mr. P. V. Daniel, Jr., offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the Delegates to this Con
vention from the States therein represented,
be constituted committors for their respec-
In-, . mi, i,, mcun Hie auopiion in t.ieir
respective St?.fe. of the best and Biost
each county
)rafiiwiu.u.mv v, 0
and district of each State, subscriptions to
an-vr fnmnanT. who may cs-
- ' eamsbiys, bc-
tvreen Enropean ports and any Southern
,i .
I xi- t Ti Tr.Rrwwr. of Louisiana, offered the
fJllmvinff 'resolutions, which were adopted:
.'lit nJ -i- v " 7
RrsolrccL That when this Convention
adj-ourn8! it will adjUurn to meet at Savannah,
Georgia? ou tlie sccond Monaay in Decem-
Resolccdj Thllt thc objects of this Con-
v011t;on? aeyeloped at its several sittings
in Memphis, Charleston and New Orleans,
)eiU2T to secure to ine
Southern States the
-monnt of urosnerity as an integral
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the development of our soil, the enlargement
of our internal improvement system, our
domestic trade and direct foreign commerce,
mines, manufactures and the arts the
social system and institutions of the South
our schools, colleges and press and that
delegates are invited to bring with them, or
forward in their absence, such statistical
and other information as may be necessary
to discuss an d report upon these and
kindred subjects, in order to secure the most
practical results.
Resolved, That the people in their primary
assemblies, for the purpose of sending dele
gates, bo invited to express their opinion
upon the objects indicated above, so tlnat
their delegates may be thoroughly advised
of their wishes.
Resolved, That the thanks of the Con
vention are due, and hereby tendered for
the hospitable and munificent attentions
they have received from the Board of Trade,
the Committee of Arrangements, and .he
citizens of Richmond, for the very handsome
preparations they have made for its accom
modation. On motion, made by Mr. Meade, and
seconded, the thanks of the Convention arc
due and hereby tendered to the President
and Secretary of the Convention for the
able and impartial manner in which they
have discharged the duties of their offices.
A motion was then made that the Con
vention adjourn. Before putting the ques
tion, President Tilgbman came forward and
addressed the Convention ; and at the con
clusion of his remarks the Convention ad
journed, sine die.
? 1 S"
A MINISTER OP THE GOSPEL 02ST
PEACE.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in a late
discourse at the Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn, X. Y., of which he is Pastor, said, as
reported by the Now York Evening Post, a
Free Soil paper :
He believed that the Sharp rifle was a truly
moral agency, ami that there was more mor
al power in one of those instruments, so far
as the slaveholders of Kansas were concern
ed, than in a hundred Bibles. You might
just as well, said he, read the Bible to Buffa
loes as to those fellows who follow Atchison
and Stringfellow ; but they have a supreme
respect for the logic that is embodied in
Sharp's rifles. The Bible is addressed to
the conscience, but when you address it to
them, it has no etteet there is no conscience
j there. I hough he was a peace man, he
! nad the greatest regard tor onarp s nnes,
and for that pluck that induced those New
England men to use them.
What respect has Beecher himself for
"the Bible," when he thus speaks of it ?
What respect has he, a professed minister
of the Gospel, for the sacred volume, when
! he thus shamelcsslv declares that there is
j more moral power in one of Sharp's rifles,
so far as the slaveholders of Kansas are con
cerned, than in a hundred Bibles ? What
respect has he for the peaceful teachings of
Christ, who, from the sacred desk, preach
es war and bloodshed as preferable to the
Gospel? An open infidel may claim res
pect at least for frankness, but he who "steals
the livery of the Court of Heaven to serve
tlie Devil in," deserves the universal con
tempt and execration of all mankind.
We pass by his abuse of Kansas slave
holders. Even upon the ground that they are
as bad as represented, his blasphemous al
lusions to the Bible are equally unpardona
ble. When the Master, whom Beecher
professes to serve, appeared on earth, he
made publicans and sinners the objects of
his peculiar kindness. He did not preach
of Sharp's rifles nor any other weapons of
war. If he ever suffered the language of
severity to rest upon his tongue, it was when
he denounced self-righteous hy2ocrites .'
Nor need we comment upon Beecher's safe
display of valor in a Brooklyn pulpit. We
; suspect that, if he were really put to the
test, he would be found in the same catecro
ry with a bellicose preacher in Scotland,
who, having encouraged his flock to battle,
was found, in the heat of the action, snugly
ersconced behind a tree. When asked what
he was doing there, he replied that he was
"wrestling in prayer."
PRINTING IN THE WOODS.
The following from the Wisconsin "Mir
ror," Jan. 1, will give an idea of American
newspaper enterprise :
"We arc doing what, perhaps, has never
been done in the United States before we
are printing the AViscoiisin "Mirror" in the
woods ! not a dwelling, except our own,
within half a mile of us, and only one with-
in a mile of us!! The forest oak lianas
ov,'r our (,niL' aml awc""g deer and f
V 9 I in . v I
rabbits shy around us. and the patridires and j
Ua51s SCek "r ac,l"'itance by venturing
nearer and nearer our doors. The noble
Wisconsin is bearing onward its immense
ljuniens of ice' majestically and silently,
within si2ht of our Widows; and the snow-
cnPPt'a Lllls covered with scattering oaks
P1Qes, peer up in the distance. There
is romanCt and reality in all this, and we
feel almo-t wiJhng to publish a paper in such
a locatkm' Just for the excitement of the
thing. But most of this romance is soon to
i be spoiled. Already several dwellings arc-
in progress near us, and before many weeks
they are to be occupied by enterprising
neighbors; and then, when Spring and Sum
mer shall come, we expect such a clatter of
axe?, and spades, and trowels, and hammers,
that we shall hardly be able to write our
editorials without introducing more or less
of the confusion. The fact is, we expect
a large village yes, a city to grow up
rapidly around us; and that is why we are
printing in the woods."
Desperate Affray in a School House.
The Lebanon (Tenn.) Herald of the 24th
ult., gives the following account of a terri
ble and fatal fight in a school-room in Wil
son county, in that State :
"The most distressing homicide was ever
heard of occurred in this county, about sev
en miles north-cast of Lebanon on last Mon
day morning was a week ago, between Bufus
Watson and his three sons on the one side,
and two sons of John New on the other.
The unfortunate difficulty occurred in a
ai school room. louug .New, aged about
nineteen years, was shot through the heart
and expired immediately ; and his little
brother, some thirteen or fourteen years of
age, was almost literally cut to pieces- re
ceiving no less, we learn, than seven dan
gerous wounds. Strange as it may appear
he is still living, and hopes are entertained
of his recovery. Bufus Watson received
the contents of a pistol loaded with birdshot,
in the breast, but was not seriously hurt.
The difficulty grew out of an old grudge that
has existed between tUj heads of the res
pective families.
A B ark Sight. On themorningof the22d
ultimo, the shores of the Bayou Lafourche,
in Louisiana, were margined with a sheet of
ice, some 4tb feet in width. The "oldest
inhabitant" being consulted, declared that
such a thing never occurred before. A
portion of the ice was two inches thick.
So says the Thibodeaux (La.) Minerva.
A Dear Coat. The New Orleans Delta
says that at the drawing of the Havana lot
tery, several prizes were drawn in that city.
A few hours before the Granada arrived,
bringing the news of the drawing, a negro
drayman went into a clothing store on the
Levee to purchase a coat, and not having
money enough, he divided the half of a lot
tery ticket with the clothing man and that
ticket drew one-half of the sixty thousand
dollar prize.
Minnesota. Gov. Gorman, iu his late
message to the Minnesota Legislature, es
timates the population of the Territory at
75,000. All the tribes arc; peaceable and
friendly. Nearly every village has a school,
and the colleges and seminaries in St. Paul
arc in a flourishing condition. Twenty
thousand acres of hind have been chosen for
school purposes.
California. We learn that the past
year has been one of the most prosperous
experienced by this State, since its admis
sion into the Union. The mines have fur
nished steady and bountiful supplies of the
precious metal, and the mines are said to be
enjoying a high degree of independence.
Considering its recent settlement, the land
returned a plentiful harvest, and the in
terests of the trader and mechanic have
advanced with the general prosperity.
m m
Factory Burned! We learn that the
Cotton Factory of Uriah J. Douthitt, of
Yadkin County, was burnt down on Tuesday
night the 28th of January. We know noth
ing of the origin of the lire. The loss we
have heard estimated at about !10,000, a
portion of which, is secured in the Greens
boro' Mutual Insurance Company, and which
we learn will be promptly met. Greens
boro1 Patriot .
Goou Swimming. The Charleston Eve n
ing News understands that the elephant,
which was lost overboard from a vessel
bound to that port, made its way safely into
Mt. Pleasant Harbor. The vessel was far
out at sea, and a heavy gale was blowing
when the elephant went overboard. Its feat
of riding out the storm is the most remarka
ble instance of animal
ance on record.
strength and endur-
LW On the 14th instant, a young man,
named Elisha Bogle, was found dead on the
ice alongside the sloop Dusty Miller, at
Keyport dock, New Jersey. The sloop had
been robbed on Friday night, and the Cap
tain, William Crane, had set a loaded gun in
such a position that the opening of the cabin
slide would discharge the contents into the
legs of the person opening it. Bogle had
apparently stooped when pushing back the
slide, as the entire charge of buckshot en
tered the heart, killing him instantly.
The Grand Jury of Dauphin County,
Pa., have returned bills against Andrew E.
Drane. late keeper of the State Arsenal, and
! Aaron Coburn, member of the Pennsylvania
House of Bepresentatives from Philadelphia,
for the robbery of the Arsenal a few months
ago. The arms purloined, which are valued
at about $2,500, were traced to a dealer in
such articles in New York city, who pur
chased them from Coburn for, it is believed,
the filibusters of Nicaragua.
A young man named Chisolm, son of
the Postmaster, at Columbus, Georgia, was
arrested a few davs airo, chanred with
at - J
robbing the mail. His father has found J
$3000 secreted on his lot and placed the !
same in Bank. It belongs, it is thought, to '
tUr. Ti.vl- f'l.n..lt,( 'Pi !.Li.l!ul.
uiu iiaujw vi v,uain:5mn. 4. nereis oui nine,
if any, doubt of the young man's guilt.
IdtF The Panama Railroad is in a fine
working condition, and its business is con-
constantfy Increasing
A train of eight
the 17th January,
cars came across on
loaded with silver. The amount of 81, BOO, -000
was received at Panama per H. B. M.
sloop-of-war Brisk, from Mexico, and was
enroute for England.
1 The
brig W. EL Safford was cut
through by the ice in East River near New '
York, on the Gth instant, and sank in the
East River on Monday night. Eight lives ;
were lost on tho occasion. She had just
arrived from Attakapas.
I3r" Patten's immense buildings at Man-
fhpstPr. NW HsbimMm v AntvnwA
- " mp'vm w nuo
l n . l r . , . . ,
uy lire on ine orn instant, 'roe newspaper
offices of the Manchester American, Mirror,
Union, Democrat, and Stars and Stripes,
were in the building. Lo?s estimated at
$75,000. Half insured. j
tF n citizen at 1TJ Ul.
. iiiito oiates Mas
ever convicted of treason. It is quite proba
ble that this is the only government in the
world in which the same thing can be truly
said. Our people make tho government
and they will do no act that will tend to
destroy their own work. Treason can only
be meditated when there is no political
liberty.
in
CsF Hon. Millard Fillmore was in Rome
Italy, by last accounts, sitting for his bust
in marble to Bartholomew, the celebrated
American sculptor.
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c3F" Tho Woolen Carpet Factory 0f
Joseph Garside, in Philadelphia, was burnt
on the 6th instant, involving a loss of $80,000,
Tho insurance is but trifling, and 150 por.
sons have been thrown out of cmplovnant
E3F The Tank Shop of the U. S. Vary
Yard at Washington City was destroyed
by fire on Thursday last. Loss $6,000.
t-"F T. L. Blakcmorc, of Front Royal,
Va., lost $800 in cattle killed by the falling
of his stable roof from an overload of snow.
The thermometer at Cincinnati on
the 4th inst., was 18 degrees below zero.
The ice in the Ohio river is 18 inches thick.
BT" The office of Sheriff of New Orleans,
was proved in tho recent contest, to he worth
$100,000 per annum.
PI BLIC J?IEETI
Of the Friends of Temperance.
ON FBIDAY, the 14th day of March next,
all the Friends of Teaifenuice, is the coun
ty of Mecklenburg, are requested to meet mi the
Court-House, in Charlotte, for tV purpose oJ
nominating candidates to represent tWm in the
next General Assembly of "North CavoUmm,
MANY ( rn.KNs
Feb. o, 185$
Eating and Refreshment
THE undeijpned takes this method to re
turn his thanks to his friends for the libe
ra encourag-enient which has beep extended to
him in his line of business, sad to inform tbm
that be has told his establishment to Mr. J. Ad
kinsou, who will continue the lusin ss .-it tbf
same stand. 1 shall remain in tin- SfllflOlt, u
heretofore, and will be happy to receive the calU
of my friends, as usual.
Freli Norfolk vterwf
Will at jll times be kept on hand andS&j
served up in any style desired.
Fine Tobacco, Segars, Wines
Brandies,
Aud the best of Liquors generally,
Always on hand.
MEALS, composed of such dishes as may be
called for, served up at all hours, in the most im
proved style of cookery.
fay Boarler
Are taken, upon reasonable terms. Call at tlie
Saloon, two doors north of Kerr's Hotel, if yua
desire something nice to eat aud drink and to re
cruit the inner man.
W. II. JORDAN,
Dec. 25, 1855. tf for .1. Adkiawn
Wait JBojy
ma
THE WAON!
Why is it Jenkins it Taylor sell Stoves
so cheap? Because they hu' then)
fiom the Manufacturers.
JENKINS & TAYLOR
WOULD respectfully announce to the inhabi
tants of Charlotte and vicinity, that th y
have removed from their Old Stand, o dm
door West of Elms & Sprat! 's Croccry Store,
where they have now on exhibition, just re
ceived from the North, one of the most
EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENTS OF
Ever ottered in North Carolina, among which
will be found the celebrated
Iron Witch Cooking Stove !
Which has gained such a famous reputation
in the Southern Country for the last eigbUM
months. This Stove we warrant superior to
any Cooking Stove ngw in use. It is simple
in its arrangements, consumes less lu I, and
does more work in a given time, than any
other Stove now in use. We will put on?
beside any other Stove of the same size in ihe
United States, and if it does not do more work
in any given time, we will forf it the prireot
the Stove, and quit selling and go our death
for the better one.
All Kinds of Parlour and Box
We have, and constantly keep an extensn'
and varied stock of
Tin, and Sheet Iron, Japan and BrilBi
H are, Brass Kettles, Cast Iron Bed
Steads, JIat Racks, Cradles tec.,
All of which will be sold Wholesale and Re
tail, cheaper than has ever been before of
fered in this vicinity.
We -would return our thanks to our fri
and ustomers for the very liberal patronaf
they have bestowed upon us, and they may
rest assumed, thai we shall endeavor, by clos
attention to Lusiness, together with a deter
mination to please, to merit a continuanc
of the same.
Our Motto is "Quick Sales and
Small Profit."
Ladies and Gentlemen arc particularly in'
vitcd to tall end examine our Stock.
ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK
Attended to with dispatch.
N. B. We will tell you why we h.ad oo
advertisement "Wait fob the Wagon,"
is because we have three wagons constant!?
traveling through the courtly with Stoves.
OCAII orders will be faithfully and promp'
ly attended to.
Charlotte, Sept. 25, '55-tf
A GREAT VARIETY OF STOVES
I
AT
HOORE Sc BVERLY'N.
A 7 HO are disposed to sell on the niot c
VV
BaauBodattaf terms. Their supply con
sists of
COOKJXG, PARLOR A.W GFFlC
of different kinds. Call and exarnin
their supply. They also have on hand
assortment of
which they would likfc to dispose- of for cab6'
Country Produce. . .
T1 I. A n..1.1. rr..,w s:. . ll
, o ... -
"ie y a th now :re p:i rt O- to rxe cuic iwi j"
. .-. , . -.
in their line. All ORDERS, therefore, ''
. a" pfnfc
UOOUOg, UMUTlDg r oiwt -r
will be punctually attended to ana on o.c
lC8t notlce' MOORE fc BYERhY-
jaly 3, 4853 51-if
SALOON.
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